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known and are meeting the community's requirements." Therefore, the RAAF was not going to investigate or collect any more public reports from that date on. Although the RAAF have officially removed themselves from the public report collection phase, there is evidence that internal investigations, by other government departments, still continued under the new title of Unusual Aerial Phenomena (UAP) or Unusual Aerial Sightings (UAS). Called the "1996 – Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1", this 1996 Department of Defence (DOD) policy document better known as 'ADMIN 55-1' concerns UAS policy is still used.
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arrangement was agreed to and APRV supplied a list of contacts for Stone on possible branch organisers. Stone's plan was to form three new state groups (Victoria, NSW, and Queensland) under his control. With a new members list Stone set his plan into motion. Although each new group developed due to individuals within these groups, in the end Stone had little input into the other two state groups' structure. His concept worked at first but soon ran into administration problems due to distance between states and distant lines of communication.
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hosting of George Adamski on his 1959 Australian visit, organised by Victorian and Queensland Groups. Adamski held his Sydney lecture at Adyar Hall on 27 February 1959. Adamski's visit resulted in UFOIC membership falling away dramatically until it was basically a small, close-knit group of enthusiasts. So bitter was the dispute, UFOIC President Dr. Greenwell resigned in disgust; this opened the position to Dr Miran Lindtner who became president in March 1959. The damage had been done and the Sydney experience scared the NSW UFO community.
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sent to them by the RAAF. The minutes of the 92nd meeting of the CSIRO executive committee on 25 October 1966 (See para 10 revealed that the CSIRO agreed to the DOA’s request. They responded on 7 November 1966, "The organisation is quite happy to assist in this way... and to provide you with comments."
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UFOIC's start was overshadowed by a large, more active Sydney group, the Northern Suburbs Flying Saucer Research Association. The two Sydney groups competed for members and soon the relationship between the two broke down. NSFSRA became the central NSW group, primarily due to their public support and
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At this time the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society (NSW Branch) (AFSRS NSW) was formed. This branch followed Victoria's lead and decided to become independent from Fred Stone's South Australia group AFSRS. The NSW membership decided to again change their structure and name and thus became the
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On 4 January 1994, RAAF Wing Commander Brett Biddington, on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff, informed every civilian UFO groups around Australia that "The number of reports made to the RAAF in the past decade had declined significantly, which may indicate that organisations such as yours are better
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Queensland members called for an independent structure and went their own way. They formed the Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau (QFSRB), now known as UFO Research Queensland (UFORQld), formed under Charles Middleborough in 1956 and with Stan Seers from 1957. These new groups were infiltrated
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In November 1957 an upwelling of public interest produced the formation of new groups around Australia. The majority of these new state groups did not accept Fred Stone's 1955 plan; those who accepted it only lasted one year before they decided to operate under their own administration. In late 1957
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staff within the Australian Intelligence system, and they played a principal role in the field investigation of any UFO phenomenon in Australia. However, the Army kept a low public profile but filtered reports for action. All departments' Central Offices were located in Melbourne, Victoria, between
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The RAAF then changed their policy and shifted their help to other organisations within Australia. "The Director would be happy to extend this service to your Society also." After Sq/Ld Birch meeting with Edger Jarrold's UFO group AFSB collapsed (in February 1955), in just under four years, Jarrold
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I have lists of the dates over the last several years on which people have reported having seen 'flying saucers' in Australia and have compared them with the dates on which the earth passes through the principal (sic) meteoric showers. There appears to be a noticeable relationship between these two
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Although the UFO files were available to Defence personnel and Civilians Defence personnel for years, these files remained closed to outside researchers. In October 1979, extensively through the efforts of VUFORS researchers and Fl/Lt Brett Biddington (later Group Captain – RAAF), the RAAF invited
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On 26 June 1968, in a letter from the Australian Governments Department of External Affairs to the Secretary Prime Minister's Department, the following policy observations are recorded: "...the history of this subject reveals that the more time and effort that is spent by experienced scientists in
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advising that "Sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects have during recent months been receiving considerable publicity... it is important that the system of investigation should make the best use of resources available in Australia." The DOA invited the CSIRO to comment on specific UFO cases to be
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File note: "Note for further Intelos lumbered with questions about F…. V…. "In 1983 all paper work on V…..'s disappearance was photocopied by the UFO Research Society in Victoria and all enquiries should be directed to them". CINTO. 10 February 1989. File 5/6/1/AIR Part 8. 9755-4 "UFO-reports" HQ
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The structure of Australian Government is in three tiers. The lowest level is Local Council, above that is the State Government and over these sits the Federal Government. Throughout the modern era of Australian ufology, departments of the Federal government have played the major role of official
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At some point, the APRV made contact with Jarrold and agreed that the AFSB and APRV would assist each other when possible. The APRV nominated John. M. Anderson as their AFSB liaison on the condition that his appointment was seen only as being neutral, and there would be no branch affiliation with
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For years, there was a general underground friction or competitiveness between groups, focused primary on Victorian groups. Norris and his group VFSRS pressed the need for an active government research input and created the linking opportunities with various government bodies for this process. A
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These above samples lists are from the West Australian, National Archives of Australia (NAA) files. However, it is known that there are over 10,000 files in over 130 folders on the topic of UFOs or flying saucers located within the NAA 60 million file collection. After 1980, Government UFO
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From 1930 to 1959, the majority collection of Defence UFO files were held at HQ Southern Air, G Block, Albert Part Barracks, Melbourne, with Army Intelligence. After 1959, the files were moved to RAAF Headquarters, Support Command, Victoria Barracks, Victoria Intelligence Cell, within the main
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in February 1955. Stone also saw a chance to become the governing body of all Australian Ufology. He asked APRV to come under his plan; they rejected the concept. However, APRV agreed to extend the same relationship they extended to Jarrold's group with John. M. Anderson as their contact. This
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In May 1952, R. M. Seymour, Superintendent of the Federal Civil Aviation Department, Air Traffic Control Branch Melbourne, reported that Australian Intelligence officers had refused his Department permission to investigate flying saucer reports on the grounds that UFOs were "security matters".
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In 1974, Harry Griesberg and David Seargent established the Australian Co-ordination Section (ACOS) of the US-based Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). This followed the 1973 visit to Australia of Dr J. Allen Hynek, who requested that Australian ufologists forward copies of interesting Australian
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also noted problems with Jarrold. Sq Leader A.H. Birch, AFC, Air Force Headquarters, Victoria Barracks, Victoria, made note of this in a letter dated 5 April 1955: "...the discussion during the brief interview I had with Mr. Jarrold mainly concerned the possibility of his Society causing
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In March 1954 Jarrold was contacted by a South Australian called Fred Stone. Stone agreed to form a branch of Jarrold’s group and so the AFSB (SA) was formed. However, this relationship was fragile and as Jarrold's behaviour changed due to stress the relationship deteriorated. The
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By 1980, ACOS became the Australian Centre for UFO Studies (ACUFOS) by 1985 (to this day) under the control of Dr Martin Gottschall. UFO Research Australia (UFORA) was formed by Vladimir and Pony Godic. Their first newsletter was published in January 1980 in South Australia.
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Rocket Range. These departmental changes started to affect the administration and membership of PRV. To keep up with the changing world, in 1961, the old AMPR again changed their structure and name from Phenomena Research Victoria (PRV) to Phenomena Research Australia (PRA).
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In 1978, VUFORS changed direction following the resignation of Peter Norris. A new executive was placed in control, ensuring the continuing prosperity of VUFORS. By 1978 VUFORS had the largest membership of any UFO organisation in the Southern Hemisphere.
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investigating the smaller becomes the residue of unexplained phenomena... in spite of these difficulties the Australian Government continue to keep records of "sighting" and associated phenomena reported within Australian and associated territories."
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By 1963, the South Australian group was finished, which led to a push from Sydney to take control of the state group's magazine. On 23 February 1967, UFOIC V/Pres Mr. Harry O’Brian made an application for copyright on the state group's magazine
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and as Minister for External Affairs enabled him to act as a conduit between governmental research, the public, and public enthusiast clubs. Casey’s curiosity on the subject related to UFOs remained with him until his death in June 1976.
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However, in Victoria the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society (Victorian Branch) (AFSRS Vic), now known as the Victorian UFO Research Society (VUFORS), under Peter E. Norris LL.B and John Pinkney, was formed on 17 February 1957 at
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Location Changes: Historical agency address --> 1939–1959: Victoria Barracks, St Kilda Road, Melbourne --> 1959–1961: Administrative Building, Canberra, ACT --> 1961–1973: Russell Offices, Canberra, ACT – SEE End of NAA Page
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Archival documents show the following main players in UFO case research or information collection. The list may not show the upper administration levels of the departments, just the units that were involved with UFO case studies.
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in March 1949 at the Federal Government's newly established Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL). The minutes of the non-government meeting show an attendance of 23 enthusiasts from various state and local groups such as the
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1930 and 1969. Then due to government restructure, a majority of departments moved to Canberra. The main collection of UFO files stayed in Victoria until 1989 later going to Canberra or the National Archives of Australia.
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document to ASIO quotes AFSRS President Fred Stone as lacking trust in the Victorian group and reported that they were associated with a Sydney UFO Group that was controlled by people with "Pink" tendencies.
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RAAF dealt with more than 400 between 1950 and 1959 and over 1,300 reports between 1960 and 1980. The Department of Air produced Unusual Aerial Sightings (UAS) lists for the public. Three such examples are:
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DEATH – Reverend William (Bill) Booth Gill (1928–2007) – Died 13 June 2007 – age of 79. His funeral service was held at the Church of Holy Trinity, Anglican Parish of Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria,
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The flying saucer topic came under intense criticism. Public support for the continuation of investigation into the UFO phenomenon was driven by newspaper coverage of the 1954 sightings. Then-Federal
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inquisitor. The State Government does play a minor role; however, archival evidence reveals that when a State body gets involved their primary object is to pass the case up to the Federal sphere.
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In 1966, a new group based at Woomera was set up called the Scientific Technical and Astronomical Research Society. This group of scientific and technical personnel collected UFO reports from the
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After this, a new state group emerged. The most prominent and first to re-build was under the directorship of Fred Stone, who formed the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society (AFSRS) based in
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AMPR decided on 6 February 1953 to form an auxiliary group called the Australian Flying Saucer Investigating Committee (AFSIC) in partnership with the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV).
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On 30 October 1971, a symposium was held in Adelaide. The symposium, on UFOs, was organised by the SA Division of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.
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In April 1956 to deal with an increase in reports the Aeronautics & Phenomena Research Victoria (APRV) changed their structure and name to Phenomena Research Victoria (PRV).
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The NAA advise Phenomena Research Australia that some of the UFO files could now be viewed on the net. John W. Auchettl & DR Ron Barnett – Australian DoD UFO File Location
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In 1968, the Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society (VFSRS) was re-organised and its name was again altered – this time to the Victorian U.F.O. Research Society (VUFORS).
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reports that were in external departments were culled and then scattered throughout Australia to NAA storage areas, away from their original central point in Victoria.
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The NAA advise Phenomena Research Australia that the UFO files can now be viewed on the net. John W. Auchettl & Dr Ron Barnett – Australian DoD UFO File Location
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to visit Australia. He accepted the invitation and in 1973 arrived in Australia, spending four days in Melbourne, followed by short stops in Sydney, ACT, Brisbane and
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AMPR's workload increased as the world ran into its next major sightings flap. In 1951 AMPR became Aeronautics & Phenomena Research Victoria (APRV).
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Note: This above list is far from complete; however, it does lists important pages from the main Government sections that held or handled UFO reports.
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18 November 1996 House of Reps Hansard – McLachlan, Ian, MP (Barker, Defence, LP) – Question on Notice: Question 836 – Unidentified Flying Objects -
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By 1969, Phenomena Research Australia (PRA) changed their policy and opened limited membership to the general public with a new newsletter called
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events and or activities pertaining to government departments, civilian groups or individual Australians, which centre on or around the study of
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a new group started in Sydney called the Northern Suburbs Flying Saucer Research Association (NSFSRA), established under Mr & Mrs D. Moore.
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The Australian space industry was in full swing and slowly, research facilities that were based in Victoria moved to South Australia and the
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Air Force file AF 84 3508 Pt 1 folio 18 – RAAF POLICY: Unusual Aerial Sightings. at Enclosure 1 – National Archives of Australia (NAA) files
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October 1965, after setup delays, the Tasmania UFO Investigation Centre (TUFOIC) was founded under Keith Roberts and Paul Jackson.
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AFSB. Apparently Jarrold was seen by APRV as a secretive "loose gun" but both groups maintained an average working relationship.
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rocket range and local area. With the demise of the British and Australian rocket program, the group was disbanded in 1968.
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WOOMERA Scientific Technical and Astronomical Research Society part 1 NAA 978675 Ser No D250 Control 56/3568 Part 1 pp100
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Mark Moravec "Journal Cuadernos de Ufologia", 1997–98 then reprinted in the UK journal "Fortean Studies", 1999, Vol6
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For further information on UFO and the Australian Government, files and case reports from 1950 to 1984, search the
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This cover comes from the 6th edition of the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau (AFSB) publication called the
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was represented by B.G. Roberts, a senior research scientist with the Operational Research Office (ORO),
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Magee, Judith, VUFORS 40th Birthday – (1957–1997), Victorian UFO Research Society (VUFORS), 1997, pp1 –
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Druffel, Ann, Firestorm: Dr James E. McDonald's fight for UFO Science, Wild Flower Press, 2003, pp609,
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Auchettl, John, The Roots of Australian Ufology, Victorian UFO Research Society (VUFORS), 1985, pp34
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Roberts, Keith, A Short History of TUFOIC, Tasmania UFO Investigation Centre (TUFOIC), 2000, pp1
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Magee, Judith, The History of VUFORS, Victorian UFO Research Society (VUFORS), 1998, pp1 –
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Boyle, Brian, The Early Years: From Saucers to UFOs, Phenomena Research Victoria, 1961, pp6
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Victorian researchers to visit the Intelligence Cell at RAAF Headquarters Support Command,
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newspaper (Adelaide) which was published on 30 January 1954. The clipping included this:
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The Victorian UFO report, 1954 : a compilation of reports from the Victorian press
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The Victorian UFO report, 1954 : a compilation of reports from the Victorian press
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Early reports about UFOs in and around Australia date back prior to 1947. However, the
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Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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Reports on flying saucers (UFOs) and other aerial objects—October 1953 – April 1955
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In July 1952, Edgar Jarrold founded the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau (AFSB) in
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The Victorian UFO report, 1954: a compilation of reports from the Victorian press
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Mirror 19 February 1959 "They'll talk Flying Saucers – U.S. 'Expert' drops in"
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departed the active UFO scene for good, only to appear on rare occasions.
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Such was the interest in UFOs during the period that on 20 November 1953,
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William McMahon, Minister for Air (20 November 1953).
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On 12 October 1966, the Department of Air wrote to the
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In July 1954, AFSIC released a study of 55 sightings.
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The Melbourne Branch of the Society formed in 1951.
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Index

Australian
Unidentified Flying Object
ufology
Kenneth Arnold case
Roswell UFO incident
Melbourne
British Interplanetary Society
Royal Aeronautical Society
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Royal Australian Air Force
Army Research Establishment

Sydney
Fairfield
Alexander Downer
Division of Angas
Minister for Air
William McMahon

Baron Casey
Minister for External Affairs
Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard Casey
Baron Casey
CSIRO
RAAF
Adelaide
South Australia
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Melbourne University

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